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Midwestern United States. The Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as the Schoolchildren's Blizzard, School Children's Blizzard, [2] or Children's Blizzard, [3] hit the U.S. Great Plains on January 12, 1888. With an estimated 235 deaths, it is the world's 10th deadliest winter storm on record.
Jan 12, 2022 · In ‘The Children’s Blizzard,” Norwegian immigrant, Lars Stavig was quoted saying of his new home, “Many a brave pioneer who came out here with great hopes and plans for a long, prosperous happy life, in his own home with his own family, was cut down in the prime of life. This cruel, treacherous enemy, the blizzard, spared no one.”.
Sep 19, 2020 · It has been called the Children's Blizzard or the Schoolhouse Blizzard due to the number of children who died. The blizzard resulted in an estimated 250 - 500 people perishing, but precise numbers have never been determined. Many deaths were never reported and in many cases bodies were never found.
Jan 3, 2020 · The Children's Blizzard of 1888. An intense, horrible blizzard hit with violent force over the plains states and territories of the United States on January 12, 1888, at the same time that many children were leaving school for the day. Two hundred and thirty-five people died, and 213 of them were children, which is why the storm is referred to ...
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Feb 5, 2021 · “The Children’s Blizzard” by Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte Press,2020, 351 pages, $28.00. One day on the farm where I grew up, a couple of years after World War II ended, my dad told me in the ...
Feb 1, 2024 · Learn more. On January 12, 1888, an unexpected blizzard swept across the prairies and claimed 235 lives, most of them children. The so-called “Schoolhouse Blizzard,” also known as “The Children’s Blizzard,” blew down from Canada and into areas that are now South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.
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Apr 15, 2021 · Hitting the U.S. on January 12th, 1888, the storm was sometimes referred to as the School House Blizzard or the Schoolchildren’s Blizzard, but came to be most commonly called the Children’s Blizzard. After a long, hard winter, a relatively warm January day led many to drop their guard and thus caught hugely unaware of the titanic storm that ...
